In this era, there were garden-style courtyards, but there had never been a garden-style city like Gongfang City. This was just a city.
"Ahead is the first workshop in the workshop city, which is the wool spinning workshop. The wool spinning workshop is divided into three parts, namely the wool workshop, the wool spinning workshop and the dyeing room."
"In the end, the finished products will be delivered to the dispatch center in the form of woolen materials or ready-made garments, and the dispatch center will send them to all states, counties, and counties according to the order."
"Due to the current limited output of the wool spinning workshop, it has not yet formed a sufficient scale to output finished products. However, the rail transportation line of the wool spinning workshop... is the track in front of you. All finished products in Workshop City are like this, and are uniformly transported to the dispatch center."
This is just the first one.
Following the guidance and explanations of Su Song and Li Jie, this huge visiting team started from the wool spinning workshop... armor, gun barrels, barrels, carriages, all the way to the dock in the workshop city.
I saw the assembly line operation, the neat craftsmen, the orderly internal transportation, the huge warehouse, the gantry crane at the dock...
It is said to be an inspection, but it is also a process of increasing knowledge.
To be honest, everything in this Gongfang City was a first-time experience for Zhao Zhen, the courtiers, including Empress Cao, Taoniang and all the emperors.
From the clean and tidy external environment, the orderly layout of the workshop, to the energetic craftsmen, and even the flowers and plants in the entire workshop city, everything is novel to them.
I thought there would be a lot of questions, which is why Zhao Xi arranged for Su Song to give the lecture and Li Jie to assist.
Unexpectedly, from beginning to end, no courtier asked questions.
It is the female relatives who ask more questions.
For example: Why does the grass grow the same height here?
For example: What kind of flower is this? Is it so beautiful?
For example: Why does this craftsman wear a mask? What are those yellow vests in the yard for?
Wait, these are all nonsense questions.
Can the grass be kept even without cutting it? As for the flowers, even wild flowers that are usually invisible to the eye are just as beautiful as long as they are large-scale.
What are you asking!
But ministers... forget it, no one will show their ignorance in front of many people. The question is, does not asking mean you understand?
Su Song nodded while explaining...you guys know nothing!
This is a full-service display, and Zhao Xi will not be picky.
Let them experience things, sell some new things, and move some plans forward... That's enough. We don't require them to have a truth-seeking and pragmatic attitude.
Except for the smelting workshop and the gunpowder workshop, I generally passed by everything else that could be seen.
I can only say that I was passing by and just looked outside the workshop, but didn't go in.
It's not that Zhao Xi needs to cover up anything, but they won't be interested and won't understand even if they look at it.
Gongfang City is so big that even if you just walk through it, it's already noon.
"This is……"
"Back at the official house, this is the canteen. Every workshop in the Gongfang City is equipped with a canteen like this."
"This is the canteen of the armor workshop, and it is also the largest canteen in the workshop city. During peak periods, the number of people dining can reach more than two thousand."
You can imagine a canteen that can accommodate 2,000 people for dining... Well, there will be many such canteens in later generations, but now, this is the only one, or even the only one in the world.
"In half an hour, the craftsmen working in the armor workshop today will come to the dining hall to have their meals one after another."
"After entering the dining hall, the craftsmen will take the tray from here... and then follow the various windows to choose the meals they like..."
At this time, dishes have been put out in the kitchen one after another... making everyone feel hungry.
"Go through the canteen of the armor workshop, and behind it is the canteen of all the stewards in the workshop city..."
I guess I thought I was going to have a meal here.
Fortunately, looking at these dishes, they are not too bad.
It should be said that there have been some things that put on a show. Those who have led troops, ate with the soldiers, and those who govern the people also have fun with the people... But Zhao Xi thinks this way. As for these courtiers, I am not sure. I am afraid they will not even put on a show.
Too lazy to do it.
The steward's dining hall can only accommodate two to three hundred people, which is just enough to accommodate today's visitors.
As soon as you enter the door, there is a waiter waiting for you. Every time a person comes in, he will hand over a tray...it is very novel.
Zhao Zhen turned the tray over and over.
The pallet is made of wood, pure wood color, and is divided into spaces of varying sizes by small wooden strips...
Looking at my son...there is nothing my son doesn't understand.
"Daddy, my child, help you..."
Zhao Zhen quickly dodged.
Zhao Xi just thought it looked bad for her father to hold the tray, and she didn't want to choose the dishes for her father.
Since it is an experience, it should be the whole process.
"Dad, I'm just holding it for you..."
"No problem!"
Look at the empress again... Okay, I'm overthinking this. No one needs help.
"Above each window, there is the name of today's dish. Everyone can choose their personal preference and go to different windows to choose different dishes."
At this time, it was Zhao Xi who was explaining. After all, he was explaining about eating, and it was easy for his family to talk to him.
As for the poison test on dad's food today... seeing how old Chen Lin looks like, I'm afraid she's worried, right?
"Your Highness, the dining hall..."
"Chen Yaban, I have my own plans."
Before Zhao Xi gave the order, all the instructors and commanders of the entire escort camp began to divide their work.
Each person dishes three or five dishes, and shouts out the names of the dishes...
All of these have been taken into consideration, not only for the safety of the father, but also to prevent the servants from making a fool of themselves.
As for the first bite... forget it, Dad probably always eats leftovers, let alone the first bite.
The tables and chairs in public cafeterias are all for a dozen people per table, and there is no function to distinguish between high and low status.
But people's perception of status is deeply ingrained.
Even in such a chaotic steward canteen, you can still find your seat and sit down.
For example, at the main table, apart from Zhao Xi and his son, the official officials of the East and West Houses, Empress Cao and Tao Niang, were present. No one else, not even Mrs. Gaoming from the husband's family, joined the table.
Zhao Xi admired this very much. Starting from the main table, he lined up and sat down. Zhao Xi looked at it and found that it actually matched the rank of the court and whether the assignment was important or not.
“Meals are free?”
This was the first question among all the ministers and workers after entering Gongfang City, and it was still raised by Fu Bi at the dinner table.
"No, three cents per meal."
"Sanwen?"
It seems to be too expensive?
"Stewards in Gongfang City generally have a monthly salary of about seven or eight guan, three cents per meal, less than the usual expenses per month..."
"Seven or eight swords?"
Fu Bi shook his head, forget it, this workshop city is simply a paradise. No other place in the country can compare with this place. It is incomparable.
Presumably, the craftsmen of this workshop city, even the cleaners mentioned by Su Zirong, are proud when facing the people of Bianliang.
Even when facing officials of the country and the DPRK, I will not feel humble.